Photo: Specialists from Volkswagen want to simulate the chemical structure of high-performance electric vehicle batteries. It also is conceivable that such algorithms can simulate metal structures and new materials. (Credit: Volkswagen Group)

Photo: Machine learning is important for autonomous driving. The specialists from Volkswagen want to tap the potential of the quantum computer system to explore new machine learning processes. (Credit: Volkswagen Group)

Photo: Machine learning is important for autonomous driving. The specialists from Volkswagen want to tap the potential of the quantum computer system to explore new machine learning processes. (Credit: Volkswagen Group)

Photo: Machine learning is important for autonomous driving. The specialists from Volkswagen want to tap the potential of the quantum computer system to explore new machine learning processes. (Credit: Volkswagen Group)

Photo: Long-distance travel estimated by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Traveler Analysis Framework, visualized spatially. Overall, approximately 8,500 strategically located fast-charge stations, with an average of three plugs each, are needed to provide a minimum level of national coverage for 7 million electric vehicles. (credit: NREL)

Photo: Long-distance travel estimated by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Traveler Analysis Framework, visualized spatially. Overall, approximately 8,500 strategically located fast-charge stations, with an average of three plugs each, are needed to provide a minimum level of national coverage for 7 million electric vehicles. (credit: NREL)

Photo: John Cushman, Purdue University distinguished professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary science and a professor of mathematics, is commercializing a technology that could provide an “instantly rechargeable” method forelectric and hybrid vehicle batteries through a quick and easy process similar to refueling a car at a gas station. (credit: Purdue University)

Photo: John Cushman, Purdue University distinguished professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary science and a professor of mathematics, is commercializing a technology that could provide an “instantly rechargeable” method forelectric and hybrid vehicle batteries through a quick and easy process similar to refueling a car at a gas station. (credit: Purdue University)